Cathy "Cat" Hulbert was one of the first women to be respected as a professional card player in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1996, Cathy was the only woman listed in Card Player magazine's top seven-card-stud professional poker players. Prior to becoming a professional poker player and professional blackjack player, Hulbert traveled the world as one of the first and only female professional card counters and is well known as being a part of Ken Uston's group. Cathy was arrested over 50 times for trespassing and was banned from casinos but that didn't stop her. Hulbert then got a wig and a beard and took acting lessons so she could be disguised as a man. After learning blackjack and slots in 1986, Cathy met David Heyden and Rick Greider, two of the best seven-card-stud players in the world and began taking poker lessons.

Cathy now has a website that offers poker articles and poker news, as well as a poker lessons section. Hulbert also was featured recently in a Travel Channel special on Las Vegas titled "Las Vegas: Gambling with the Pro's". This episode discussed professional gamblers, including Cathy Hulbert, sharing their secrets for beating the Las Vegas casinos. Cathy Hulbert now works to support women poker players by offering them lessons to learn her poker tricks as a means succeed at poker.

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